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By urbanhoustonian at December 31, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
The title of this post certainly lends itself to being an ego piece. Here I am, closing a series of posts about how the last 10 years have been a definitive decade for the city of Houston with an eponymous entry. If it comes off that way, I promise that is not my intention. When I started Urban Houstonian, I set out prove Houston could be just as urban as any other more...
The Perfect Storm
By urbanhoustonian at December 24, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
It was a conversation about Hurricane Ike over lunch at Farrago's that got my mind spinning on this whole X Marks the Spot series of posts. By the late summer of 2008, Houston had seen its fair share of tragedy and heartbreak over the first seven years of the 21st Century. And on September 11, 2008, instead of the annual stop to mourn the victims of the World Trade Center more...
The White Knight
By urbanhoustonian at December 17, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
When I first set myself to writing a series of posts about the last decade in Houston, this post was going to be about Bill White, and his decision to bring evacuees to Houston after Hurricane Katrina. It was, I thought, one of his brightest accomplishments during his tenure. Frankly I have struggled to write this post because on one hand, I didn't want to write a gushing more...
If You Build It, They Will Come
By urbanhoustonian at December 10, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
Houston saw an unprecedented construction of sports stadiums in the first decade of the 21st Century. Other cities can now boast three "new" stadiums for baseball, basketball and football, but no city opened them up like Houston did from 2000-2003. It was because of these three new buildings Houston was able to host some of the country's most important sporting events. more...
Baseball , Basketball , Features , Football , Sports , Texas Bowl , X Marks the Spot
2001: A Space City Catastrophe
By urbanhoustonian at December 3, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
When 2001 is written about in the history books, 9/11 is going to dominate the conversation. There was no single event that had a greater effect on 2001, not to mention the entire decade, than the fall of the World Trade Center. However, in Houston, 9/11 was the entree of what was a summer and fall of misery. I want to be very clear. I am not suggesting Houston suffered more...
X Marks the Spot
By urbanhoustonian at November 26, 2010 | 3:00 PM | 0 Comment
I wrote this series of posts last year. I realized, shortly thereafter, that I had written them one full early. You see, the first decade of this still new century ends THIS year. That said, as I continue to update Urban Houstonian, I am going to repost this look at Space City's first decade of the 21st century. The end of another decade is upon us. The inevitable more...
Curtain Call: 2009-2010 – Take a Bow
By urbanhoustonian at January 30, 2010 | 2:50 PM | 0 Comment
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDeiovnCv1o] Yeah, I'm starting my last Curtain Call with Madonna. I'm gay, sue me! I've been giving a lot of thought about how I was going to feel today, my last day here at Society for the Performing Arts. I had lunch yesterday with some fellow group sales managers, and I have to admit there was a moment there I felt like more...
Arts , Curtain Call , Features
Curtain Call: 2008-2009 – Revelations
By urbanhoustonian at January 29, 2010 | 10:33 AM | 0 Comment
My fourth season with Society for the Performing Arts will be remembered as much for what happened on stage as it did off stage. It began in the summer of 2008 when I discovered Aspen Santa Fe Ballet was going to be performing in Dallas on the same weekend I had planned a visit to see my brother. Catching Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in Dallas marked the first of two occasions more...
Arts , Curtain Call , Features
Curtain Call: 2007-2008 – Live the Adventure
By urbanhoustonian at January 27, 2010 | 12:24 PM | 0 Comment
The theme for Society for the Performing Arts 2007-2008 season was Live the Adventure. I want to say I was part of the discussion that came up with that tag line. My memories of this season are more anecdotal. The 2007-2008 Season started much like the previous season, with a legendary comedienne, Lily Tomlin. Please pause for a gratuitous celebrity photograph. Yeah, more...
Arts , Curtain Call , Features
Curtain Call: 2006-2007 – 40 & Fabulous
By urbanhoustonian at January 26, 2010 | 12:05 PM | 0 Comment
My second season at Society for the Performing Arts was memorable in a LOT of ways. SPA was also celebrating its 40th Anniversary. For a guy like me, who writes about Houston and the things that make it a great city, being a part of this momentous occasion was one of the highlights of my time at SPA. Permit me a short history lesson. Society for the Performing Arts was more...
Arts , Curtain Call , Features
